Version History

Genesis Modification

Genesis 2.2

Genesis 2.2.12 (July 18, 2024) :

New features :

  • It is now possible to generate best fit section in the dialog list of hole and envelope.
  • New space metric filter for sample selection.

Corrections :

  • The hole names was sometime not displayed correctly.
  • Resnap all on a prism was not updating the prism display.
  • The calculated variable was extremely slow.
  • Contact analysis did not work with lithology in another level than 0.

 

Genesis 2.2.11 (July 9, 2024) :

New Features :

  • Added a dialog list for bookmarks.
  • It is now possible to snap a bookmark and get the information of the snapped object.
  • It is now possible to modify the dictionary order of multiple element at the same time.
  • Added stats chart for contact analysis (remake of the older contact analysis in Geostat).
  • The prism shadow mode is now implemented with VTK.
  • New widgets in implicit envelope edition.

 

Corrections :

  • Import holes could delete custom table content.
  • Display of envelope could sometime crash with VTK.
  • Crash when importing a volume dxf as a surface.

 

Genesis 2.2.10 (June 13, 2024) :

Corrections :

  • Block model could crash when displayed
  • Create copy of a multifolder blockmodel view now generate a normal block model instead of a multifolder block model
  • Adding Block model predefined variable named “tag_view” is now named “Tag” to be more consistent

 

Genesis 2.2.9 (June 13, 2024) :

New Features

  • Added an option to fix the 3D grid to the global grid of the block model.
  • Added option to display block model grid in cube mode with transparency.
  • Added a sub-block block model export mode.
  • New pickers/widgets software architecture.

Corrections :

  • The coordinates of the axes of the 3D grid no longer appear one on top of the other.
  • Planar “Set Geoline by tag” did not work if the geolines are not in the root.
  • Variable ellipsoid creation by block model did not work on a multifolder view.

 

 

Genesis 2.2.8 (May 30, 2024) :

New Features

  • Added display options for the 3D Grid

Corrections :

  • Measuring Distance in Spin inside a section, the distance text was not displayed correctly
  • Ctrl + mouse wheel to change corridor, the corridor was sometime not changing correctly
  • Charts scattergram was not displaying correctly
  • Importing Holes with deviation azimuth not between 0 and 360 was causing problem displaying hole
  • Create screenshot with a scale > 1, the grid text was not correct size

 

 

Genesis 2.2.6 (May 13, 2024) :

New Features

  • It is now possible to export multiple custom table at the same time
  • Trace size factor can now also apply on hole trace
  • Printing drill hole log can now print in separated pdf by hole name
  • Added transparency settings in variograms 3D display
  • Improved Bm comparison charts caption
  • Surface slicing now result a Geoline instead of a prism

Corrections :

  • Create intervals missing from envelope did not work correctly
  • Report planar properties, the column was not aligned correctly
  • When setting the perspective mode, it was not possible to set it back to orthogonal
  • Fix some overlapping with grid, section text, scale bar and orientation arrows
  • Variograms 3D display was not correctly drawing the first triangle, leading to some weird color blending
  • Importing block model multifolder was regenerating the block model before importing which can cause huge loss of time.
  • Creating new block model using schema from another bm, might not fill the tag and set the fraction in the correct fraction variable
  • Bm displayed in marker could not be set invisible
  • Scattergram color by variable might not be displayed correctly
  • Sections border display when spinning was not displaying properly
  • Mineralized Intervals displayed with transparency did not stay transparent when editing them

 

 

 

Genesis 2.2.5 (May 1, 2024) :

New Features

  • Added properties for 3D Grid wall

Corrections :

  • Variograms step could be irregular in the charts
  • Distance could crash
  • Printing drill hole log was not printing lithologies that had no corresponding assays

 

Genesis 2.2.4 (May 1, 2024) :

New Features

  • Added Scale bar settings for width, height and removed text font size limitation

Corrections :

  • Deleting block model variable was crashing
  • Importation of text file was limited to 4096 characters for a line and was going to an endless loop when reaching the limit. Now limited to 8192.
  • Displaying Text in VTK is now much faster to draw and the Show/Hide toggle is also much faster
  • White color for invisible when displaying blocks model was not setting the blocks invisible in VTK

 

 

Genesis 2.2.3 (April 26, 2024) :

New Features

  • Added a button to save or reset the lighting settings.
  • Added PBR (Physical Based Rendering) Shading option.
  • Wall, floor and ceiling in 3D grid.

Corrections :

  • Show/Hide Envelope was still a bit slow.
  • First time to display Bm on section, it was not cut by the section.
  • Create or delete mineralized Intervals in 3D could crash or have display problem.
  • Added Specular and PBR lighting settings.
  • Shaded and wire envelope display caused Z-Fighting issue.

 

Genesis 2.2.2 (April 17, 2024) :
  • Added Brightness setting in VTK

 

Corrections :

  • VTK:
    • Show/Hide Object was slow, Normals were always recalculated
    • Selecting 3D hole object was difficult
    • 3D Hole did not appear correctly when zooming out
    • Scale now start at 0 and is better positioned to not overlap the grid
    • Pressing escape while displaying a block model was crashing
    • Composites 3D was not displayed
  • Z Scale:
    • New displayed object was not drawn with the current z scale
    • Measure Distance did not work correctly
    • The grid was not displayed correctly
    • The displayed coord for the mouse position was not correct

 

  • Implicit envelope volume calculation could crash

 

Genesis 2.2.1 (April 8, 2024) :
  • It is now possible to view the bookmark list

 

Corrections :

  • Fix chart lines that separate the charts was still displayed when setting a chart to full screen
  • Fix import matching column file preview box size was sometime changing
  • It was not possible to set the xyz icon invisible
  • It was very slow to select lots of composites set in the list window
  • VTK Engine Corrections:
    • Hidden surface was not implemented in VTK
    • Hidden surface was disabled for hole object, there was no depth effect.
    • 3D size of hole was 10 time too big
    • Geoline display could crashed when turned on

 

Genesis 2.2 (March 28, 2024) :
  • New graphic engine VTK

Corrections :

 

  • The maxflow pit optimization can create false external pit.
  • The samples selection post-filters don’t work.

Genesis 2.1

New Features

  • Possibility of adding the Z of a topo to each block. 

 

Corrections

  • The create copy function on a CadObject might not work.
  • The stoppes optimizer could crash.

New Features

  • Selection can now work when there is vertical exaggeration
  • It is now possible to automate envelope subtractions.

 

Corrections

  • Mineralized intervals were not displayed as spheres.
  • Zoom all did not work in certain cases.
Corrections
    • Fixed Grid Display not showing

New Features

  • It is now possible to change the mineralized interval set of many planar envelope
  • It is now possible to select multiple charts to change their properties
  • Added a keyboard shortcut to open the chart window: Ctrl+U

Corrections

  • Fix a crash when creating automatic dictionary using a mineralized interval set in a subfolder
  • The dictionary legend did not appear in the WYSIWYG
  • The schema list did not refresh correctly when adding a new predefined variable in the block model schema
  • Charts histogram could crash in rare case
  • It was not possible to add comments in the Hole list when using optional column
  • The creation of a new file could crash if we had another file opened and said yes to save it.

New Features

• It is now possible to spline the implicit envelope contour
• Added an error message if there is a problem generating the block fraction using the fast method
• It is now possible to modify hole trace color

• Updated Geotic Importation

• It is now possible to transform a prism in GeoLine

• DXF Line importation can now import AcdbLine

• When importing surface dxf, if the dxf does not contain triangle, lines and points will be imported and triangulated

• Text field in the schema now have their default value to empty instead of -1

Corrections

• The operation remove empty holes in the enveloppes did not work correctly
• Pit Optimization limit did not always worked correctly

• Generation time for hole envelopes was too slow

New Features

• Added a dialog to control the skin iteration when creating skin envelope
• The logger can now save image directly in the database
• The mid distance in the envelope creation with empty holes is improved

Corrections

• When merging two mineralized intervals, the tag was not kept
• Improved triangulation for implicit envelope
• Improve automatic creation of border for implicit envelope

https://www.geostat.com/_downloads/genesis_2_1_15.exe

New Features

• Added support for polyface when importing dxf envelope

Corrections

• Hole name from logger was showing even when the collar table was invisible
• Temporary key did not work properly with the new web server
• After importing holes, the zoom extent could says extent are too big and it was the case.

New Features :
• It is now possible to display dates in QAQC charts
• Added a Drill Hole Log Report in the logger
• Added custom legends in docking panel for custom tables.
• Column Matching interface improved to better manage multiple file importation
• Removing Noise from Pit Optimization is much faster
• The envelope creation with empty holes is now doing a real geometric mid-distance
Corrections :
• The reading buffer was crashing with the new web hosting server
• The RQDS color table did not work properly
• Genesis crashed when modifying hole name
• The operation “Merge with last selected” is now not trying to combine with itself when we
select twice the same interval.
• The “left handed mode” for the mouse was not working in the column matching dialog
• The importation of envelope with special character was not working
• The parameter of dialog could crash with “ and ‘
• The update of implicit envelope was not using intervals without hole

Corrections :
• The calculation from the last deviation to the end of hole could be wrong.

New Features :
• Can now add an including or excluding prism in the pit optimization
• The stripping ratio report can now generate the waste volume automatically.
• The block model extraction by envelope is now faster
• The column matching dialog was redone to fix big memory leak problem
• Volume calculation improved
Corrections :
• The invisible hole was not included in the validation
• The block model was sometime redrawn when it was not necessary
• The importation of tables could crash when there was a calculated variable in the table
• The removing noise of the pit optimization was extremely slow
• Improved slicing volume calculation for multiple volume in the same envelope
• Opening a file in a folder with special character was crashing

New Features :
• In the plan (wysiwyg or profile) it is now possible to print histogram or curve along hole trace
• In the importation validation, the repetitive information on deviation at 0 and same information on collar is now removed
• In the importation validation, when data goes past the hole length, the information of the hole length before it is adjusted is displayed
Corrections :
• Importation with append only could crash
• The 3D display of Hole Collar did not work properly

Corrections :
• The window with variography components was not redrawn correctly
• The variograms was crashing when the caption was different then the variable name
• The reimportation of logger table was crashing if no table was defined
• The remeshing parameter did not work

New Features :
• Edition of rotation of the extension of the border of implicit envelope
• Added the symbols used in the variograms charts legend
• Added new symbols in the variograms charts
• It is now possible to have lag increment with decimal
• Added logger data in statistical charts
Corrections :
• Fixed unique pair creation for some case where not the correct pairs were created
• Changing logger hole color was not redrawing the holes
• Setting a hole invisible did not work
• The sorting of sections was not working well for sections in the root folder
• The creation of a hole section with a dip of zero was not working correctly
• The columns in the mineralized intervals selection list was incorrect
• The importation of pairs in variograms was crashing

New Features :
• Added a validation to check for prism integrity when linking prism with link all tag
• Added an operation “Set variable value” in the logger menu
Corrections :
• The section list did not show the folder correctly when there was sub-folder in the list
• Hole Name did not redraw when changing the position or size
• The extraction of mineralized interval by envelope exact did not work well if an interval was snapped on
the envelope but not actually crossing it
• The slicing on a section could not work properly
• The retriangulation of implicit envelope is improved

New Features :
• Logger, the dictionary field can now search for an item
• The deviation now has a field to set the deviation active or not
• The resource report can now display a warning when there is negative density found
• It is now possible to import assays certificate into the logger
• New triangulation for implicit model
Corrections :
• Logger, the table was not in the order defined by the schema
• Logger, Display 3D was using inactive deviation
• The structure was not set invisible when color was set white (Invisible)
• Save as could crash

• Planar envelope, the option “remove empty hole, was applied even when in manual prism mode
• Bm, the automatic creation of views could generate trailing 0 in the name
• The color for the 3D composites was not correct

New Features :
• The 3D composites are now displayed as sphere
• Added the functionality to project collar points on a surface
• Added 3D display of logger tables
• It is now possible to import tables with the option append and/or overwrite
• Added a button to get to the logger dictionary
• Added the possibility to import a schema from a CSV
• Fast edition mode for implicit envelope
Corrections :
• The intervals creation by cut off could generate non optimal intervals
• Bm, The fast creation method could be very slow and create wrong fraction
• Logger, Text field were limited to 255 characters
• Logger, Boolean field became long field after importing data
• Logger, the table validation before changing table was sometime falsely reporting change
• The assays were always redrawn, even if not necessary
• Sections in the section panel were not sorted correctly when there was a number in the folder name
• Corrections and improvement in hole importation

• Updated library for logger and implicit envelope

New Features :
• New edition mode for implicit envelope
• It is now possible to modify the position of bookmarks in their property
• Can now import a schema from a CSV
• Logger: Combo now popup directly when they have focus with tAB
• Logger: New section with user defined shortcut button to get to different table easily
• Logger: now open to the last edited table/hole
• Logger: it is now possible to close a hole so it cannot be changed anymore
• Logger: Added live validation to data, cell can become red with a error tooltip if there is a problem
• Logger: Added a warning if data were changed and not saved before closing or changing window

New Features:
• Stope optimizer is now faster
Corrections :
• The stope optimizer did not copy value in the final model
• Renaming an envelope could generate a fatal error
• Adding predefined variable when importing block model did not work properly
• Logger: keyboard shortcut in description field did not work
• Logger: Date field did not work properly
• Logger: Could generate a fatal error if not entering correct data type in a text field
• Logger: when selecting a hole in the table, some data were not updated

New Features:
• Logger: It is now possible ot modify the default value of a field
• Logger: Added calculated field
• Improved resolution of the real size cursor
Corrections :
• The importation of holes could set holes invisible and without color by default
• Using viewport was causing the application to crash
• The real size cursor in the viewport was sometime not in the correct size
• The importation of new block model or custom table crashed
• Logger: bool field was not showing any default value
• Logger: Special character was not saved correctly
• Stope optimizer small bug fixes

Nouveautés :
• First logger version inside Genesis
• First version of implicit envelope creation
Corrections :
• The fast method for block creation could miss some blocks
• Wysiwyg parameter could crash in the block model parameter tab
• The block model substraction could crash when there is calculated variable
• The Boolean operation on envelope had a random effect on the resulting triangulation
• Pit optimization can now be cancelled with escape key
• When slicing an envelope on a section, the generated prism now has the envelope tag
• Importing data without creating a project could crash